U.S. History

If falling enlistments are an indication of declining faith in the military overall—and especially declining support among conservatives—that's very good news. 

If falling enlistments are an indication of declining faith in the military overall—and especially declining support among conservatives—that's very good news. 

In the past, many Americans may have simply trusted to the regime to provide "law and order." But that sentiment is apparently becoming more and more rare. 

National divorce does happen, and debts are not necessarily repudiated as a result. We can look to examples from Latin America, Eastern Europe, and the Czech-Slovak split. 

The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime worse than any that Japanese generals were executed for in Tokyo and Manila. If Harry Truman was not a war criminal, then no one ever was.

In the past, many Americans may have simply trusted to the regime to provide "law and order." But that sentiment is apparently becoming more and more rare. 

As political divisions worsen in the United States, one remedy besides secession might be to create semiautonomous regional territories.

National divorce does happen, and debts are not necessarily repudiated as a result. We can look to examples from Latin America, Eastern Europe, and the Czech-Slovak split. 

When Paul Volcker was Fed chairman forty years ago, he did what was necessary to bring down inflation. Unfortunately, the current Fed leadership at best is engaging in Volcker Lite.

"Paine not only laid bare the roots of monarchy, but provided a brilliant insight into the nature and origins of the State itself."